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bb permuba ju eecorq published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturda 0x0 tx gives a meal man-ap tys volume xxxvm hamilton bermuda wednesday june 27 1962 no 90 house adopts franchise new prospect school graduating class scheme j p it 9 m % m^_j rm ear w â€¢ w mtr k*m 1 i i k ' â–¼^ â€” * ' Â» â€” jiiwt p â€” j ai â€” jap â€” j maam â€¢ wm fantastic speech by assemblyman on breeding committee's splintered re port and minority reports in addition to agreeing to the majority's recommendation for 18 two-men constituencies it also agreed to a minority re port pushed by sir henry tucker calling for a two-third majority role of the house le amend the franchise bill anel rejected a minority report by dr the hon e a cann anel dr the hon v o'd king of the legislative council call ing for the voting age to start at 21 years Â£ t capacity of coloured bermudians l 4 a fantastic vision of the white people of bermuda bein pushed out of political power and into the sea by the coloured because of the latter's alleged capacity to outbreed the whites by having babies every friday was used as ar argument on monday to gain support for a new compromise franchise scheme which the house adopted by a vote of 23-6 c the hon w l tucker chairman of the joint select franchise committee admit ted that the new scheme whieh provides for 18 two member constituencies anl are now white districts black therefore he advocated plus voting as a means of stabiliz ing things thirty-nine students of prospect secondary school for girh were graduated last week mrs beryl manget headmis tress of west pembroke school distributed the diplomas and prizes anel addressed the large gathering of students and friends attending the ceremony the graduates included suzette but terfcld helen bean joy gibbons janet tucker beverley but ierfi.ld dane peterson marie roberts amy ratteray brline llassett gwyneth smith shirley burns lynn paynter nan robinson virginia daniels eldretta deshields leslie furbert cheryl rowling susan adams elyn dean judith brimmer sylvia darrell helene durham anita fubler betty ann grant hie<|ueline talbot patricia usher dianne williams ianthia carniichel merle xearon carolyn smith judith burcher ruth t'harles roehelle dowling joanne heyliger frances jordan millieent mills doris pearman florence pearman cleopatra raynor splintered report the house spent three-and a-half hours debating the joint the plus vote proposal pushed by hon ii t wat lington to give the land owners a vote over anel above the universal electorate was defeated by only three votes also rejected was a minority report urging that the twe races have eepial representa tion â€” 18-18 seats sets the minimum voting age at 25 was so contrived as to guarantee the election of at least 16 white candidates she thrilled her former school mates my hands were tied new hospital house asked for h m s bermuda has had her chips mr tucker said he did not in introducing the debate mr tucker drew attention tj the fact that the franchise had been under consideration for three or four years he had hoped it would have been final iseel before ne>w two bills had already been passed by the house they were based on a 38-electoral district scheme which he was against however as a last ditch ef fort he had moved for the joint committee have to camouflage the racial niects of the scheme the es for the electoral districts 1.7 million joy blackett the 17-year old mezzo-soprano who has embarked on what promises to be a most brilliant career as a concert artist arrived in bermuda on monday from yellow springs ohio for a whirlwind concert tour of her native land were drawn in such a way that minimum white represen tation is assured he declared he adeled he wished he could support the minority report submitted by the hon r c misick as it carries my own feelings and those of many people of the country who have confidence in the elec torate but my hands were tied the member-in-charge declared the royal navy cruiser which was named after ber muda some 20 years ago has finally had her chips as the old saying goes and is to be broken up for scrap this news was contained in a let ter from the captain of h.m.s bermuda captain m g r lumby to the people of the colony house of assembly sir john cox stated it was with very much sadness that he had to report that this fine old ship named after your lovely island has reached the end of her life the house of assembly was requested on monday by the governor to provide 1,781,000 for the extension of the king edward vii memorial hospital and for the construction of a water distillation plant without which the hospital would be unable to function â€¢ ww mmmw m *% : 3 â€¢-â– s , jc ..__ k > i l â– km tw * ' ht the message with its ac companying enclosures from the director of public works was turned over to a select committee of the house for consideration motion for the appointment of the committee came from the chairman of the finance committee mr g a cooper with prov^ion for expansion to 260 beds this sad pronouncement the captain added was made the other day when inspection of her boilers showed that 20 years of useful life had taken their toll the boilers were no longer safe for the exact ing requirements of naval life having steamed a little less than 400,000 miles reinforced concrete built in safeguards the building is to be a rein forced concrete fraime struc ture and particular attention has been given to fire-proof ing it is to be fully air con ditioned and designed to con form to the best modern hos pital practice the captain addressing the letter to the speaker of tho the only other coloured member of the hbuse who served on the committee mr george ratteray who als > signed the majority report boasted he considered he had done h srood deed by so do ing and he wanted the fact re corded he went on to draw the analogy of one group hav ing babies every friday morn ing as the indians did in british guiana the committee had pursued its work in a spirit of com promise thoee who felt that the 38 districts with its built in safeguards and those who favoured the paretchial system had not changed their belief on their original stands how ever the report was the only workable plan that the two factions could agree upon provided for : basement-me chanical equipment storage pharmacy autopsy the director's memorandum stated that the lowest of tht five bids received on june 15 has been accepted by the de partment at the request of the trustees of the hospital plans were prepared for a new wing to provide 168 beds ground floor â€” reception out-patients emergency ad ministration radiology first floor 60 beds laboratory dining 2nd floor 36 beds operating theatres 3rd floor 72 beds 5th floor mechanical equipment solarium the pre sent kitchen facilities will be expanded to service the new wing this slightly premature end makes all of us in th ship realize how fortunate we wfere to come and pay our farewell visit to you last february before it was too late the captain stated the memorandum went on to state that sanitary facili ties have an independent water supply line which can be connected to either fresh watlington or well water continued on page 2 the following facilities are the result was that the iu d"ns had taken control of the country on sheer basis of its ability to outbreed other factions of the population "[ am deadly opposed to one group taking control on its per capita strength mr rat teray stated mib8 joy blackett hie added that all officers and men wished him say thanks for the many kindnesses be stowed on the ship by the people of the colony he hoped sincerely that soon there her first appearance signi ficantly was at st george's secondary school from which sbe was graduated three years ago before accompanying her family to the states for broader cultural and oduca tional heirizons she simply thrilled an audience of about 150 students whose enthusias tic applause gained them en mj^^gt*-ty*i>ifr3r â– '.:â– : mmsijr^'a.^a^cs^fisiitamhma^^r is^b s â– â– ":â– â– a \ -â– *â– .,' t^w ''â– * ' j|h mi â– â€¢'""â– â– >.," ./â€¢.'â– *;, n wltww y ji 3 t^w jl va vs avhib ni 1 fll * tt mr / m^^w^kiwmmm..iai h r if â– l ' i el â– ? â– hh l wirt t&l pmlhak ,; total cost of the project was given as follows â€” cost of new building 168 beds 1.520,000 cost of completing ii floor 72 additional beds 80,000 cost of water dis tillati n plant 181,000 mak iiiir â– total cost of 240 beds fl.7k1.000 included in the to tal is approximately 81,000 in cust turns duty continued on page 6i he went further to say that not only did he feel that the race-bound districts were the bt st guarantee of continuity j the system that had kept u-muda on an even keel for j^joo years but he wanted to go a step further and institute plus voting personal and socia cores among the recent elepar tures by plane for st kitts was miss shirley caines today mr albert jackson headmaster of the school told the recorder it was a jo to see her back in bermuda and we were particularly hap py to have her make her first appearance at the school from which she was graeluated water supply with regard to the hospital water supply it is estimated that the daily consumption wmen the new wing is com pleted will be approximately ] 00,000 the supply availably froiti existing catchments is estimated to be 17,000 g.p.d leaving a requirement of 83,000 g.p.d which it is proposed to supply by the conversion of salt water to fresh mrs thelma jones mauzy anel her three children left th colony tuesday june 19 to join her husband in england mrs mauzy had stayed nine months at the home of her mother mrs louise jones and her aunt ars agatha leader at till's hill pembroke i think the white people of this country should bear in niitid that the 20-16 ratio of black to white seats will only remain for one election be cause of the breeding capacity of the coloured people mr ratteray went on he explain ed that an increased coloureel population would make what he added miss blackett had blossomed into a fine young woman and it was amazing in see the way in which her voice had developed during her three year absence she cap tivated her audience imme diately he said the recital was important from our standpoint in tennis e>f the con tribution it can make as an inspiration to other members of the school to pursue their talents bevond the limit of the school mr and mrs albert van lowe of warwick west are host to mr kliuvert francis a student at the university of college of the west indies he arrived here on wednes day to spend part of his vaca tion before proceeding to st kitts he is the brother of mrs van lowe _. - a m w 1 maw ?â– && x y^y 2af mw ' i ma it is proposed that th â€¢ evaporation plant be located on the north shore on a site below the military hospital and tram here the distilled water will be pumped into the one million gallon storage tank recently constructed by the p.w department at pros pect and then fed by grayitv to the hospital this morning miss blackett gave a recital to the student body at the berkeley institute her first public - appearanc â€¢ 4ill be friday night at the berkeley her accompanist fo 1 ' this tour is dr walter an derson head of the music de partment at antioch college ohio honouring retiring headmaster â€” the charm ian of the board â– of education hon ii t watlington m.c.p right com mends mr c c snaith retiring headmaster of west end school for his record of 33 years of service as a headmaster in bermuda the chairman paid an official visit to west end school accompanied by dr k e robinson inspector of schools yesterday iu view o mr snaith's having reached the age for compulsory retirement mr snaith was a headmaster in his native jamaica w.i be fore coming here he is to be honemred tonight by ihe west end p.t.a at a special meeting at the school he introduced the idea of p.t.a s here and west end was the second he organized 29 years ago _ photo by ed kelly tomorrow at the residence of miss dolly furbert dun scombe road warwick east a spring high tea and white elephant sale will be held in aid of cobb's hill methodis ohurch warwick from 5 prni until . . â€¢ â€¢ the department points out that the surplus from the 130 000 g.p.d produced by th plant will be available for supplying water for emergen cies and for low cost housing george a ratteray m.c.p try pre-sifted purity flour today

bb permuba ju eecorq published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturda 0x0 tx gives a meal man-ap tys volume xxxvm hamilton bermuda wednesday june 27 1962 no 90 house adopts franchise new prospect school graduating class scheme j p it 9 m % m^_j rm ear w â€¢ w mtr k*m 1 i i k ' â–¼^ â€” * ' Â» â€” jiiwt p â€” j ai â€” jap â€” j maam â€¢ wm fantastic speech by assemblyman on breeding committee's splintered re port and minority reports in addition to agreeing to the majority's recommendation for 18 two-men constituencies it also agreed to a minority re port pushed by sir henry tucker calling for a two-third majority role of the house le amend the franchise bill anel rejected a minority report by dr the hon e a cann anel dr the hon v o'd king of the legislative council call ing for the voting age to start at 21 years Â£ t capacity of coloured bermudians l 4 a fantastic vision of the white people of bermuda bein pushed out of political power and into the sea by the coloured because of the latter's alleged capacity to outbreed the whites by having babies every friday was used as ar argument on monday to gain support for a new compromise franchise scheme which the house adopted by a vote of 23-6 c the hon w l tucker chairman of the joint select franchise committee admit ted that the new scheme whieh provides for 18 two member constituencies anl are now white districts black therefore he advocated plus voting as a means of stabiliz ing things thirty-nine students of prospect secondary school for girh were graduated last week mrs beryl manget headmis tress of west pembroke school distributed the diplomas and prizes anel addressed the large gathering of students and friends attending the ceremony the graduates included suzette but terfcld helen bean joy gibbons janet tucker beverley but ierfi.ld dane peterson marie roberts amy ratteray brline llassett gwyneth smith shirley burns lynn paynter nan robinson virginia daniels eldretta deshields leslie furbert cheryl rowling susan adams elyn dean judith brimmer sylvia darrell helene durham anita fubler betty ann grant hiew two bills had already been passed by the house they were based on a 38-electoral district scheme which he was against however as a last ditch ef fort he had moved for the joint committee have to camouflage the racial niects of the scheme the es for the electoral districts 1.7 million joy blackett the 17-year old mezzo-soprano who has embarked on what promises to be a most brilliant career as a concert artist arrived in bermuda on monday from yellow springs ohio for a whirlwind concert tour of her native land were drawn in such a way that minimum white represen tation is assured he declared he adeled he wished he could support the minority report submitted by the hon r c misick as it carries my own feelings and those of many people of the country who have confidence in the elec torate but my hands were tied the member-in-charge declared the royal navy cruiser which was named after ber muda some 20 years ago has finally had her chips as the old saying goes and is to be broken up for scrap this news was contained in a let ter from the captain of h.m.s bermuda captain m g r lumby to the people of the colony house of assembly sir john cox stated it was with very much sadness that he had to report that this fine old ship named after your lovely island has reached the end of her life the house of assembly was requested on monday by the governor to provide 1,781,000 for the extension of the king edward vii memorial hospital and for the construction of a water distillation plant without which the hospital would be unable to function â€¢ ww mmmw m *% : 3 â€¢-â– s , jc ..__ k > i l â– km tw * ' ht the message with its ac companying enclosures from the director of public works was turned over to a select committee of the house for consideration motion for the appointment of the committee came from the chairman of the finance committee mr g a cooper with prov^ion for expansion to 260 beds this sad pronouncement the captain added was made the other day when inspection of her boilers showed that 20 years of useful life had taken their toll the boilers were no longer safe for the exact ing requirements of naval life having steamed a little less than 400,000 miles reinforced concrete built in safeguards the building is to be a rein forced concrete fraime struc ture and particular attention has been given to fire-proof ing it is to be fully air con ditioned and designed to con form to the best modern hos pital practice the captain addressing the letter to the speaker of tho the only other coloured member of the hbuse who served on the committee mr george ratteray who als > signed the majority report boasted he considered he had done h srood deed by so do ing and he wanted the fact re corded he went on to draw the analogy of one group hav ing babies every friday morn ing as the indians did in british guiana the committee had pursued its work in a spirit of com promise thoee who felt that the 38 districts with its built in safeguards and those who favoured the paretchial system had not changed their belief on their original stands how ever the report was the only workable plan that the two factions could agree upon provided for : basement-me chanical equipment storage pharmacy autopsy the director's memorandum stated that the lowest of tht five bids received on june 15 has been accepted by the de partment at the request of the trustees of the hospital plans were prepared for a new wing to provide 168 beds ground floor â€” reception out-patients emergency ad ministration radiology first floor 60 beds laboratory dining 2nd floor 36 beds operating theatres 3rd floor 72 beds 5th floor mechanical equipment solarium the pre sent kitchen facilities will be expanded to service the new wing this slightly premature end makes all of us in th ship realize how fortunate we wfere to come and pay our farewell visit to you last february before it was too late the captain stated the memorandum went on to state that sanitary facili ties have an independent water supply line which can be connected to either fresh watlington or well water continued on page 2 the following facilities are the result was that the iu d"ns had taken control of the country on sheer basis of its ability to outbreed other factions of the population "[ am deadly opposed to one group taking control on its per capita strength mr rat teray stated mib8 joy blackett hie added that all officers and men wished him say thanks for the many kindnesses be stowed on the ship by the people of the colony he hoped sincerely that soon there her first appearance signi ficantly was at st george's secondary school from which sbe was graduated three years ago before accompanying her family to the states for broader cultural and oduca tional heirizons she simply thrilled an audience of about 150 students whose enthusias tic applause gained them en mj^^gt*-ty*i>ifr3r â– '.:â– : mmsijr^'a.^a^cs^fisiitamhma^^r is^b s â– â– ":â– â– a \ -â– *â– .,' t^w ''â– * ' j|h mi â– â€¢'""â– â– >.," ./â€¢.'â– *;, n wltww y ji 3 t^w jl va vs avhib ni 1 fll * tt mr / m^^w^kiwmmm..iai h r if â– l ' i el â– ? â– hh l wirt t&l pmlhak ,; total cost of the project was given as follows â€” cost of new building 168 beds 1.520,000 cost of completing ii floor 72 additional beds 80,000 cost of water dis tillati n plant 181,000 mak iiiir â– total cost of 240 beds fl.7k1.000 included in the to tal is approximately 81,000 in cust turns duty continued on page 6i he went further to say that not only did he feel that the race-bound districts were the bt st guarantee of continuity j the system that had kept u-muda on an even keel for j^joo years but he wanted to go a step further and institute plus voting personal and socia cores among the recent elepar tures by plane for st kitts was miss shirley caines today mr albert jackson headmaster of the school told the recorder it was a jo to see her back in bermuda and we were particularly hap py to have her make her first appearance at the school from which she was graeluated water supply with regard to the hospital water supply it is estimated that the daily consumption wmen the new wing is com pleted will be approximately ] 00,000 the supply availably froiti existing catchments is estimated to be 17,000 g.p.d leaving a requirement of 83,000 g.p.d which it is proposed to supply by the conversion of salt water to fresh mrs thelma jones mauzy anel her three children left th colony tuesday june 19 to join her husband in england mrs mauzy had stayed nine months at the home of her mother mrs louise jones and her aunt ars agatha leader at till's hill pembroke i think the white people of this country should bear in niitid that the 20-16 ratio of black to white seats will only remain for one election be cause of the breeding capacity of the coloured people mr ratteray went on he explain ed that an increased coloureel population would make what he added miss blackett had blossomed into a fine young woman and it was amazing in see the way in which her voice had developed during her three year absence she cap tivated her audience imme diately he said the recital was important from our standpoint in tennis e>f the con tribution it can make as an inspiration to other members of the school to pursue their talents bevond the limit of the school mr and mrs albert van lowe of warwick west are host to mr kliuvert francis a student at the university of college of the west indies he arrived here on wednes day to spend part of his vaca tion before proceeding to st kitts he is the brother of mrs van lowe _. - a m w 1 maw ?â– && x y^y 2af mw ' i ma it is proposed that th â€¢ evaporation plant be located on the north shore on a site below the military hospital and tram here the distilled water will be pumped into the one million gallon storage tank recently constructed by the p.w department at pros pect and then fed by grayitv to the hospital this morning miss blackett gave a recital to the student body at the berkeley institute her first public - appearanc â€¢ 4ill be friday night at the berkeley her accompanist fo 1 ' this tour is dr walter an derson head of the music de partment at antioch college ohio honouring retiring headmaster â€” the charm ian of the board â– of education hon ii t watlington m.c.p right com mends mr c c snaith retiring headmaster of west end school for his record of 33 years of service as a headmaster in bermuda the chairman paid an official visit to west end school accompanied by dr k e robinson inspector of schools yesterday iu view o mr snaith's having reached the age for compulsory retirement mr snaith was a headmaster in his native jamaica w.i be fore coming here he is to be honemred tonight by ihe west end p.t.a at a special meeting at the school he introduced the idea of p.t.a s here and west end was the second he organized 29 years ago _ photo by ed kelly tomorrow at the residence of miss dolly furbert dun scombe road warwick east a spring high tea and white elephant sale will be held in aid of cobb's hill methodis ohurch warwick from 5 prni until . . â€¢ â€¢ the department points out that the surplus from the 130 000 g.p.d produced by th plant will be available for supplying water for emergen cies and for low cost housing george a ratteray m.c.p try pre-sifted purity flour today